Okkarai
Ingredients
Besan or Gram Flour - 2 cups
Jaggery or Brown Sugar - 1 cup
Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
Ghee or Unsalted Butter - 2 tbsp
Sesame / Til Oil - 2 tbsp
Cashew Nut - 1/4 cup
Method:
- Take a tbsp of Ghee or Unsalted Butter and Sesame
Oil in a pan.
- Add Besan to it and roast till Besan turns reddish.
- Heat Jaggery in a cup of water separately. Stir
till jaggery completely dissolves in water. This mix
should be watery. Add Cardomom powder to the jaggery
water while it boils.
- Add jaggery water to reddish besan while
continuously stirring besan.
- Keep stirring the mix and continue to add
ghee-sesame oil from time to time.
- Add Cashew Nuts to it and continue stirring well.
- When the smell of fresh besan ceases and the aroma
of halwa fills the air, it means the Okkarai is done.
Sesame Oil provides flavour of Traditionally made
Okkarai. If it is not available one can use vegetable
oil but the end result is not as tasty. It is very
important to stir well all the ingredients. Okkarai
should be dry and not sticky. Okkarai can be served hot or cold.
Total Time : 30 minutes
